"Beginning today, any user who clicks the Domain For Sale link on a DomainSponsor domain will be redirected to the Moniker Domain Bid form. Moniker will review the request and contact you with additional information. We believe this new process will greatly reduce unwanted spam from your domains and will help us increase the value of the requests you do receive."
Woz to Headline DOMAINfest Global
DomainSponsor, the domain monetization division of Oversee.net, announced today that Steve Wozniak will be the keynote speaker at the third annual DOMAINfest Global event scheduled for January 28-30, 2009 in Hollywood, California. Their press release describes Woz as "the Apple Computer, Inc. co-founder and Silicon Valley icon is one of the most influential and colorful... Continue Reading →
EvoLanding fails to bring Income
Like other domainers, I had high hopes for EvoLanding. In most cases their sites looked really great. I parked around 70 domains with them some months back and I was pleased with the content-rich sites that they created. Their business model seems to be automated content creation that includes media such as video.... Continue Reading →
How’s the Financial Climate for Domains?
There has been some debate on how the current banking and financial crisis is affecting the domain industry. Whether or not this specific crisis affects domains, the general economic slow-down is definitely having an effect. While $3,000,000 did change hands in Moniker's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York live domain auctions, this is down from $10,000,000 in 2007. Last month's newsletter provided information on similar... Continue Reading →
Parked to include more countries
The domain parking service Parked has announced that more countries are being added to their main Yahoo feed, Donny Simonton would not share the exact countries, stating on a domain board "I'm not allowed to announce the countries until the week before, but they are mainly in South America and South East Asia.." Presumably these... Continue Reading →
SmartName Shops fixes their headers/footers
The header and footer functionality in Smart Name Shops is now working again. SmartName is a very exclusive "domain parking" program from NameMedia that allows you to create ecommerce comparison shopping sites with a few clicks. In the September newsletter I had mentioned that these shops were broken - that the header and footer text... Continue Reading →
WhyPark may be worth a second look
WhyPark has improved their templates and AdSense ads seem to be working again on at least some sites. AnxietyArticles.com is an example of one of their newer templates, without customization. All I did was to add AdSense code for a small banner and a video ad. WhyPark was one of the first networks to help... Continue Reading →
Domain Monetization September/October 2008
Domain parking income has gone down for a few months, but there is some evidence that it is htting bottom. Even though Oversee.net layed off 10% of their staff, they are still planning DomainFEST 2009 in Hollywood in January.
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Domain Parking is not enough. Name Monetizer brings you the latest information on making money with your domain names. We are watching this industry grow and change, and we will help you change with it.http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=7642805621109638289&hl=en&fs=trueThe Future of Domain Monetization
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Welcome to the new home of Name Monetizer. As monetization of domain names becomes more complex, Name Monetizer will follow the advances in this changing field. Look for information on content creation, CPA strategies, and mini-sites; along with updates on the more traditional domain parking programs.
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